Word: maining
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...main reason for these changes, as set forth in the report of the committee, is that the classes are now so large that men of considerable intellectual force and wide interests are often crowded out by men whose sole aim is study. Grades have ceased to be in every case a just statement of a man's intellectual worth. Hence a larger membership, and more freedom of choice are necessary. That this freedom may be exercised intelligently methods for a careful examination of each candidate's claims to election must be arranged. This is made possible by the plan...
...preliminary work was very short, consisting principally of signal practice in which the forward pass was the main feature. The entire squad was given a few minutes practice in quick starting. Parker tried several field goals, and also received some individual instruction from Coach Reid in passing the ball. Newhall was given a day's rest...
Each man will be allowed twelve minutes for his main speech and five minutes for rebuttal. Of the six speakers, three will be chosen to make up the University team, and the remaining three, form whom an alternate will be chosen later, will form the second team. The undergraduate making the best showing in the series of trials will be awarded the Coolidge prize...
...score of 9 to 5, in a game full of brilliant features. The shifting formations, fake kicks, and trick plays of all sorts which were used by the Brown eleven on the offense, combined with the quickness of the team in following the ball on all occasions, were the main causes of Harvard's low score. The University eleven secured its only touchdown shortly before the close of the first half after Brown had been penalized 15 yards for interference with Newhall's fair catch on the 50-yard line. A few minutes after the second half started Brown carried...
...ball into striking distance by the aid of Burr's repeated punts. Starr, who replaced Macdonald at right end in the second half, played a fast game and was better in every respect than either of the other men who played at end. Burr and Kersburg were the main reliance of the University eleven on the defense, and at times on the offensive opened up the Brown line to good advantage...